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Stone Decay
Its Causes and Controls
Edited by B J Smith and A V Turkington
Hardback £39.00
$78.00
Publication date 2004
320 pages
ISBN 978 1 873394 57 1
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This volume offers valuable
insights into the nature of decay processes and the factors that control them. It presents
several studies on the impact of pollution on stonework in urban environments. Important
methodological contributions are also included which cover a number of key issues: the
mapping of façades to explain rates of decay associated with conservation actions; the
laboratory simulation of corrosion in polluted atmospheres; also the quantification of
colour change through a study of the artificial ageing of building stone. The
effectiveness of stone treatments within the laboratory is also considered in detail.
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Introduction: the need for interdisciplinary thinking in
stone decay and conservation studies B. J. Smith and A. V. Turkington
v Quantification of the decay rates of cleaned and soiled
building sandstones M. E. Young, J. Ball and R. A. Laing
v Durability and rock properties R. J. Inkpen, D. Petley
and W. Murphy
v The use of image analysis for quantitative monitoring of
stone alteration V. Lebrun, C. Toussaint and E. Pirard
v Mechanisms of attack on limestone by NO2 and
SO2 G. C. Allen, A. El-Turki, K. R. Hallam, E. E. Coulson and R. A. Stowell
v Weathering of sandstone sculptures on Charles Bridge,
Prague: influence of previous restoration R. Prikryl, J. Svobodova
and D. Hradil
v Experimental weathering of rhyolite tuff building stones
and the effect of an organic polymer conserving agent Á. Török, M. Gálos and K.
Kocsányi-Kopecskó
v Chemical composition of precipitation in Kraków: its
role in salt weathering of stone building materials W. Wilczynska-Michalik
v Interpreting the spatial complexity of decay features on
a sandstone wall: St Matthew’s Church, Belfast A. V. Turkington
and B. J. Smith
v Arkose ‘brownstone’ tombstone weathering in the
Northeastern USA T. C. Meierding
v Weathering of Portuguese megaliths – evidence for
rapid adjustment to new environmental conditions G. A. Pope
and V. C. Miranda
v Influence of anthropogenic factors on weathering of the
Carpathian flysch sandstones W. Wilczynska-Michalik and M. Michalik
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Observations on stepkarren formed on limestone, gypsum and halite terrains
D.
Mottershead and G. Lucas
v The role of mechanical and biotic processes in solution
flute development D. Mottershead and G. Lucas
v Weathering scales, landscapes and change: some thoughts
on links R.J. Inkpen |
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The editor: |
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Bernard J. Smith, School of Geosciences, The Queen's
University, Belfast
research interests centre around weathering in a variety of geomorphological settings. Most work at present is, however,
concentrated on investigations into urban stone decay. These include:
stress inheritance in stone, concepts of durability, microfracturing in
granites, short-term exposure trials of building stones and the
difficulties of projecting the long-term behaviour of stone in
buildings. This work is supported by two current EPSRC grants on ‘the
effects of surface alteration of stone on moisture and pollutant uptake’
and ‘The catastrophic decay of building sandstones’.
Alice Turkington is
Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography, University of
Kentucky. Her PhD. at the Queen's University, Belfast was 'The
durability of sandstone in salt-rich environments'. |
| From the reviews: |
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The
text covers the results of decay on building stones and in the context of
buildings following the implementation of cleaning and conservation
strategies. This is of obvious importance in developing future
strategies.
While in no doubt of interest to geomorphologists, geologists and
materials scientists, this publication aids the promotion of the important
link between researcher and practitioner.
Building
Conservation Journal
It
is hoped that this work might provide the reader with a number of views
relating to the nature of weathering and decay process, and the factors
controlling them; hopefully , enabling the conservator/surveyor to
identify and consider appropriate conservation programmes and policies.
Building
Engineer
...
a collection of methodical, carefully written papers, dealing with a
variety of subjects within the area of stone decay.
Firstly, this volume is a serious contribution to relevant questions concerning
the problem of stone decay; and secondly, the material contained within
the papers is not easy for the scientific layman to assimilate.
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